Pink Moon

Pink Moon – April

What is a Pink Moon? The full moon that appears in April is called the Pink Moon. This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring.

Pink Moon Name Variations

The Pink Moon of April is sometimes referred to by names associated with other signs of full spring. In other cultures, this full moon is sometimes call the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.

When is the next Pink Moon?

The Pink Moon dates are expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UT), the international basis for other time zones. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full moon dates shift from year to year. For Pink Moon times in your city, please use the Time Zone Converter.

Full Moon

Lunation

Year

Date

Time

Pink Moon

1092

2011

April 18

02:44

Pink Moon

1104

2012

April 6

19:19

Pink Moon

1117

2013

April 25

19:58

Pink Moon

1129

2014

April 15

07:43

Pink Moon

1141

2015

April 4

12:06

Full Moon Names History

Pink Moon

Full Moon names have been used by many cultures to describe the full moon throughout the year. Specifically, Native American tribes used moon phases and cycles to keep track of the seasons by giving a distinctive name to each recurring full moon, including the Pink Moon. The unique full moon names were used to identify the entire month during which each occurred.

Although many Native American tribes gave distinct names to the full moon, the most well known full moon names come from the Algonquin tribes who lived in the area of New England and westward to Lake Superior. The Algonquin tribes had perhaps the greatest effect on the early European settlers in America, and the settlers adopted the Native American habit of naming the full moons.

Full Moon Calendar

For more information regarding the exact dates of all of the full moons, please see our full moon calendar.